In Jefferys defense, we all have stuff we have to work around, whether it be because the room is dual purpose, because our wives want it a certain way, or whatever.
I happen to need to place my speakers both near a front wall and one of them near a side wall with the other not near a side wall, so that they will have different sound properties. That's just the way it is. Before I purchased, I ran it by Eric and even sent him pictures. He assured me it would be ok. I figure if the guy that actually designed the speakers said it was ok, it's probably ok. He has forgotten more about speakers than I've ever known.
My situation is this. No matter what speakers I buy, they are going to pretty much have the same constraints. So I can say "I have constraints and can't put them in an optimum placing, so I should buy speakers that aren't very good because the sound will be messed up anyway", or I can buy some great speakers that might be compromised by the placement but at least start out at a much higher floor and therefore, since both will be compromised from perfect placement, I'll still get better sound than I would have with other speakers because they will be in the same place anyway.
That was long, and I might have confused myself.... :-)
I happen to need to place my speakers both near a front wall and one of them near a side wall with the other not near a side wall, so that they will have different sound properties. That's just the way it is. Before I purchased, I ran it by Eric and even sent him pictures. He assured me it would be ok. I figure if the guy that actually designed the speakers said it was ok, it's probably ok. He has forgotten more about speakers than I've ever known.
My situation is this. No matter what speakers I buy, they are going to pretty much have the same constraints. So I can say "I have constraints and can't put them in an optimum placing, so I should buy speakers that aren't very good because the sound will be messed up anyway", or I can buy some great speakers that might be compromised by the placement but at least start out at a much higher floor and therefore, since both will be compromised from perfect placement, I'll still get better sound than I would have with other speakers because they will be in the same place anyway.
That was long, and I might have confused myself.... :-)